Breeching-buckle



(No Model.)

P. E. DROLL.

BREEOHING BUCKLE.

No. 249,597. Patented Nov..15,18 81.

N. PETERS. Plwtc-ulho m her. Washinglom D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-C FRANCIS E. DROLL, on ST. OHARLES,1\IISSOURT.

. BREECHlNG-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,597, dated November15, 1881. Application filed August 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. DROLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBreeching-Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,

' reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are used to connectthe back and hip straps of harness, and provision is also made forsupporting the traces when the animal is unhitched and it consists oftwo plates having certain details of construction, which will behereinafter fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.These objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the bottom plate.Fig. 2 is a like'view of the top plate,

andFig.3showsthe two plates united together and back and "hip straps andchafe-leather sesists of two side bars, a a, a solid end bar, a, p

cured thereto.

Similar letters refer to like parts in the several views. a

A represents the bottom plate, which conat the rear end, and a pointedextension, 60 at the front end. The two end bars or extensions areprovided with holes or perforations for uniting the plate to thechafe-leather. The frameis provided with a central transverse bar,

- a 1 holes in the back and hip straps.

c and two short longitudinal bars, a a, in the center of the flame,which intersect and are connected with the central transverse bar. Thecentral longitudinal bars carry short studs or pins a afiwhich'areadapted to engage with The side bars are constructed with short lugs orprojections near their center, which project upwardly, and which, whenthe top plate is applied,

form side slots or openings for the passage of the back and hip straps.

The top plate, B,is of the general form and outline of the bottom plate,excepting that both end bars are of substantially the same form,

or, in other words, the front extension is omitted from this plate. I)b, and solid end bars, I) b, which have holes or perforations coincidentwith the holes in the bottom plate, for a purpose hereinafter to beexplained. The end bars are each provided with a tooth which projectsinwardly toward the center of the frame to prevent any undue play of thestraps. The plate B is provided with an arch or bridge, B, which extendsfrom one of the side bars to the other, and consists of two curvesorloops, which are adapted to receive and support the traces when theanimal is unhitched.

The plate B has side bars, V

The operation of the device is as follows, vizi The bottom plate is laiduponthe pad-leather,

the back and hip straps are adjusted on the studs, the top plate is laidon with the holes or perforations registering with those in the bottomplate, and the two plates and pad-leather are all secured together bymeans of rivets, which are passed through the holes in the plates andafterward upset. When the two plates are united they form a sort of box,having short studs or pins for securing the back and hip straps andforming slots at both sides for the passage of these straps, as will bereadily apparent. By means of my invention Iam enabled to save leatherand avoid sewing, as in the ordinary method of connecting these parts ofharness. a

While I prefer to use both plates, as above described, it is evidentthat in some instancesv they may be used separately with advantage.

In cart-harness,for example, the topplate may. bedispensed with, thelower plate may be uni-' ted to the chafe-leather, and the hip and backHaving thus fully described my invention, a

what I claim is- 1. The plate A, having side bars with centralupwardly-projecting lugs, a perforated rear end bar, a perforatedfrontextension, a

centraltransverse bar, and two central longiand adapted who applied to aharness subtudinal bars carrying studs or pins, substanstantially inthemanner and for the purpose tially as set forth. set forth.

2. The plate A,- having side bars with up- In testimony whereofI affixmy signature in 5 wardly-prrjecting lugs, a perforated rear end presenceof two witnesses.

bar, a perforated front extension, a centra transverse bar, and twocentral longitudinal FRANCIS DROLL' bars, in combination with the plateB, having Witnesses: corresponding side and end bars and a centralEDWARD GEs'r, 1o transverse bridge or arch, forming two loops, PHILIP]?F. BOCHEIL

